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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 9   View pdf image
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Signed Seal'd and delivered in the presence of
             Basil D Hall      Sophia D Hall

    At the foot of and on the back of the aforegoing was
thus written to wit

       Received on the sixteenth day of September Eighteen
hundred and fifteen the sum of three hundred & fifty
dollars current money it being in full consideration
money with in mentioned       Eliza Hood   (seal)

       A A County to wit:   On this twenty fifth day of
September personally appears Elizabeth Hood party
top the within instrument of writing before me the
subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State of
Maryland for the said County and acknowledges
the same to be her act and deed for the purposes
within mentioned and the negro man within
named to be henceforth manumitted and discharged
from all services to her or to any claiming under
her and to be free and manumitted according to the
act of assembly in such cases made and provided
Ex.d d.d      Acknowledged before      Wm Hall J.r
paid
3¼   Recorded the 28th day of September 1816


       To all whom it may concern   Be it known that
I George Watts of Ann Arundle County in the State of
Maryland for divers good causes and considerations me
thereunto moving as also in further consideration of
one Cent Current money to me in hand paid have
released from slavery liberated manumitted and set
free and by these presents do hereby release from
slavery liberate manumit and set free my negro
woman Ann Docking being of the age of Forty three
years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance and her the said negro woman
named Ann Docking   I do declare to be henceforth
                                                                   (free)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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